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CME Group: World's Financial Risk Machine - $CME

12 Dec 2025

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Through technological revolutions, daring mergers, and dramatic market storms like the 2010 Flash Crash, CME has built an unassailable monopoly around clearing, trading, and data—turning risk into revenue on a staggering scale. But with the rise of blockchain and decentralized finance challenging every legacy market, will this century-old titan adapt or be disrupted? Dive into the full story to uncover how this “boring” financial infrastructure shaped modern capitalism and why its future remains one of the most fascinating questions in finance today.Transcript - https://empor.top/us/CME I. Introduction & Episode RoadmapII. Origins: Butter, Eggs, and the Birth of Futures (1848–1919)III. Leo Melamed and the Financial Revolution (1960s–1972)IV. The Electronic Revolution: Building Globex (1987–1992)V. Demutualization and Going Public (2000–2002)VI. Empire Building: The Great Consolidation (2007–2018)VII. The Flash Crash and Market Infrastructure (2010)VIII. Modern Era: Crypto, Competition, and the Future (2018–Today)IX. Business Model & Competitive MoatsX. Playbook: Lessons in Market InfrastructureXI. Analysis & Investment CaseXII. Epilogue & Reflections

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